The Examining Committee will meet on June 15 (7:00pm) and June 16 (8:30am) in the Cafeteria/Training Center in Falcon. If you are pursuing licensure or ordination this summer, please contact Sheila Oglesby at the Conference Office immediately so that all required file information is in proper order. Your ministerial file MUST be in order BEFORE coming before the Committee. 910-980-1162 OR [email protected] Spring and summer are my favorite seasons of the year. The earth begins to come back to life after the rigors of a cold winter season. The Lord begins to revive His work of creation with signs of life appearing everywhere. I am reminded of the words of Habakkuk 3:2, “…O Lord, revive thy work…” I pray that is happening in all of our churches as well. This is the season for celebration on the church calendar. We begin by celebrating Easter and Resurrection Reality in Christ and in our churches. Note on the following page a list of 97 of our churches celebrating the resurrection message with 168 events, 129 conversions and recommitments to Christ, with 25,757 total attendance to our Easter events. If the rest of our churches had reported their events, we probably would discover over 40,000 people celebrated Christ’s resurrection in our churches during Easter weekend. Mother’s Day, Pentecost Sunday, Father’s Day and Independence Day are all celebration times of this Celebration Season. Let us focus on honoring the Holy Spirit, our parents, and freedom as we make this a harvest-time season for the kingdom of our Lord and the North Carolina Conference! IN THIS ISSUE Celebration Season .................................................................................. 1 Examining Committee Info ....................................................................... 1 Easter Celebrations .................................................................................. 2 Retired Ministers Month........................................................................... 3 Nepal Earthquake .................................................................................... 3 Heritage Lectures ..................................................................................... 4 Sanctity of Life Golf Tournament .............................................................. 4 NCWM Convention ............................................................................................... 5 Talent Quest Info ................................................................................................. 6 Youth Quest.......................................................................................................... 6 Falcon Youth Camp ................................................................................... 6 PowerChicks ‘15 ....................................................................................... 6 Global Outreach ........................................................................................ 7 Prayer Corner/New Assignments/Open Churches .................................... 8 School of Ministry...................................................................................... 8 Hispanic Women’s Conference ................................................................. 8 CHURCH ACTIVITIES & ATT. PASTOR Abbottsburg SS-12 AM Worship-26 Larry Cain, Sr. Albritton AM Worship-20 Jimmy Lassiter Alert AM Worship-75 Egg Hunt 70 Easter Play 75 Belhaven AM Worship-34 CHURCH ACTIVITIES & ATT. PASTOR Living Faith Fellowship Men’s Breakfast-60 AM Worship-171 Kid Celebration-141 Danny Harris Jerry Fuller Lowland AM Worship-30 Aubrey Spear Medford Hopkins Lumberton First Sunrise-80 AM Worship-223 Egg Hunt-48 Norman Smith AM Worship-110 Matthew Smith Benson SS-130 AM Worship-211 Egg Hunt-150 Mark Fields Maranatha Bethany AM Worship-251 Chris Watkins Merritt’s Chapel AM Worship-28 Linwood Conner Bizzell Grove Sunrise-40 AM Worship-111 Phillip Bland Middlesex AM Worship-80 Charles Thompson Black Creek AM Worship-16 Glenn Perry Midway AM Worship-62 1 Salvation Randy Anderson Brentwood AM Worship-132 Dempsey Winstead Millennium Sunrise-55 AM Worship-157 Nursing Home-15 Taylor Latham Briary Run AM Worship-144 Ryan Barbato(Interim) Mount Olive-GD AM Worship-810 Egg Hunt-800 15 Salvations Doug Bartlett Bridgeton SS-43 AM Worship-101 PM-23 Kenneth Dixon New Beginnings AM Worship-48 Jim Howell Calvary Temple AM Worship-82 Egg Hunt-40 Tim Creel New Destiny AM Worship-101 Family Day-95 Marc Swanner Carson Memorial SS-60 AM Worship-65 Robert Arnold, Jr. New Life AM Worship-22 Anthony Rogers Cedar Point AM Worhsip-40 David Harper Northwood Temple Weekend Events-3000 John Hedgepeth Chadbourn Sunrise-133 AM Worship-284 Donald Conway Oak Ridge AM Worship-125 Steve Dixon Church Alive Min. Sunrise-25 AM Worship-60 Soup Kitchen-125 Chuck Gentry Penderlea AM Worship-75 Egg Hunt-75 2 Salvations Dean Walker Clinton Community AM Worship-546 Eggsplosion-850 18 Salvations Dwight Dunning Pine Level AM Worship-209 Roger Banks CrossPointe AM Worship-90 William O’Neal Reelsboro AM Worship-110 Steve Willis Crosswalk AM Worship-171 Ron Barefoot, Jr. Roanoke Rapids AM Worship-328 Extravaganza-250 Aaron Leonard Crystal Coast AM Worship-50 Bobby Howard Saint John AM Worship-92 Bike Ride-16 Egg Hunt-60 Jim Skinner Culbreth Memorial Sunrise-117 AM Worship-168 Communion-41 Egg Hunt-87 Dan Woods Saint Matthew AM Worship-70 Joseph Tew Sharon AM Worship-74 Michael Oliver Emmanuel AM Worship-29 Johnny Newton Shiloh-FD SonRise-46 AM Worship-94 Egg Hunt-70 Eddie Smith Evangel AM Worship-83 Mark Fenn Shiloh-WD Good Friday-52 Sunrise-55 AM Worship-200+ T.E. Long Faith AM Worship-106 Danny Gurganus Smyrna AM Worship-276 Outreach/Egg Hunt-70 Faith Family Worship SS-31 AM Worship-50 PM-42 Gerald Parker Snow Hill AM Worship-117 Egg Hunt-170 22 Salvations Tony Lee Family Life Tabernacle AM Worship-61 Connie Newton Spring Hope AM Worship-70 Reuben Batchelor Friendship AM Worship-20 Phillip Lewis Spring of Living Water AM Worship-97 Egg Hunt-120 Tim Leggett Glad Tidings AM Worship-917 26 Salvations Tim Marriner Stantonsburg AM Worship-130 3 Salvations Patsy Jones Good News Ministries Am Worship-75 Al Marks Tabernacle AM Worship-71 Ronnie Heath Goose Creek AM Worship-92 Egg Hunt-74 Cindy Midyette Sunrise Breakfast-102 AM Worship-536 Eggstravaganza-600+ Ken Milliken Tabernacle of Praise AM Worship-70 Celebration-60 and Worship Darrell Little Gospel Tabernacle Tarboro AM Worship-72 PM-40 Bobby Forehand Grace AM Worship-259 Rob Keffer The Awakening AM Worship-197 4 Salvations Allen Peacock Dallas Gurganus The Bridge 6 Services-2,579 15 Salvations Ferrell Hardison Grace Family Fellowship AM Worship-217 Easter Cookout-130 Ricky Nelms Graham Memorial AM Worship-95 The Genesis 4 Salvations Adam Blackmon Greenville First Good Friday-25 AM Worship-245 Egg Hunt-50 Ted Coody The Journey AM Worship-420 Andy Shaffer Grifton Sunrise-18 SS-18 AM Worship-46 Sherwood Page The Life Center AM Worship-274 Michael Gist Grimesland AM Worship-55 1 Salvation Barry Blanton Thunder Swamp AM Worship-68 Jonathan Altman Harvest Fellowship AM Worship-185 Tom Johnson Tyndall Grove AM Worship-101 Norwood Starling SS-47 AM Worship-54 Egg Hunt-45 Easter Play-46 Larry Barnhill Harvest Temple Higher Ground SS-40 AM Worship-288 Egg Hunt-150 Cross Pull-60 Ray Faircloth, Sr. Vanceboro AM Worship-31 Lunch-35 Egg Hunt-16 Chris Stewart Vaughan’s Chapel AM Worship-75 Egg Hunt-70+ Ronnie Gurganus AM Worship-36 Egg Hunt-44 6 Salvations, 1 Rededication Jonathan Stafford Hodge’s Chapel Holly Hill AM Worship-147 Outreach-103 2 Salvations Marty Warren Hope AM Worship-110 Luke Long Victory Praise & Worship AM Worship-71 Nursing Home-50 Egg Hunt-37 Jesse Weaver Wakelon SS-6 AM Worship-6 Ina Dunning Hope Mills AM Worship-150 Elton Bryan Wallace AM Worship-129 Bobby Smith Hopewell AM Worship-33 Outreach 27 Mitchell Norville Warsaw AM Worship-55 Egg Hunt-15 James Herring Independence AM Worship-66 Celebration-52 Phillip Hawley Westmoreland AM Worship-123 Jerry Nelson Jones Grove AM Worship-46 5 Rededications Lee Britt Westview AM Worship-55 Egg Hunt-55 1 Salvation Ron Murdock Kinston First AM Worship-532 Outreach-300 Brian Rogers Williamston First AM Worship-207 Roger Leggett Lamm’s Grove AM Worship-21 1 Salvation Faye Jones Wilson First AM Worship-150 Tony Moore The Month of May is Designated in the North Carolina Conference More and more, our pastors and churches are embracing the month of May to recognize and celebrate the Retired Ministers of our conference. The Bible clearly supports such recognition encouraging us to give “honor to whom honor is due.” (Romans 13:7) Our Conference has 103 retired ministers plus their spouse, & 42 spouses of deceased retired ministers. These are precious people who have lived and worked among us, and have given their lives for the cause of Christ and this conference. They live in every district of our conference, attend our churches faithfully as they are physically able, and add greatly to the spiritual atmosphere of the church. Often they are not seen or heard from as often as when they were active pastors and evangelists, but they are still there praying, preaching and contributing what they can to the work of the ministry….and will until the Lord takes them home. It is so true at every level of church leadership that once a minister is out of the general circulation of conference and church activities, he or she may be quickly forgotten, regardless of the success achieved during their active ministry years. If people don’t see you participating, contributing or hear from you in some way, you can quickly fade from their memory. The old saying, “out of sight, out of mind” is certainly true, not only in the ministry but in other areas as well. Knowing this, the month of May was selected to bring special attention to the retired minister. Regardless of how you do it, make the retired ministers of our conference feel loved & appreciated for their lifetime of service in the Kingdom of God. The purpose of this fund is to enable us to help our retired ministers during times of special needs. It is not intended to supplement the minister’s retirement benefits on an ongoing monthly basis. This fund has come in handy in aiding those who have had unexpected medical expenses during times of grief, hospital stays and many other special personal needs. Every dime contributed is used for the purpose for which it is given. There is no overhead or salaries paid from this fund. All funds are deposited in an interest-bearing account at the NC Conference Ministerial & Church Extension Loan Fund. The funds are disbursed by the Retired Ministers Board after due consideration of the need. Receiving this offering has been approved by the NC Conference Executive Council. Please permit your church to participate by giving to this worthy cause. The special day set aside for this offering is Sunday, May 3, 2015. We Challenge You & Your Church family to Contribute! Rev. Gary Strickland, Special Speaker | Mr. Rodney Walker, Worship Leader Registration: Rev. Wiley Clark (910-980-1071) as soon as possible to reserve your spot! Room reservations may be made by calling Sheila Oglesby at the Conference office (910-980-1162). As everyone knows, just a few days ago, a massive 7.8 earthquake shook the country of Nepal, as well as Bangladesh, India and Tibet. Large aftershocks are still being felt, and in its wake, the destructive tremor has left entire villages leveled, tens of thousands homeless and/or injured, widespread destruction and chaos, & a death toll that was over 4,000 at the time of this publication. It is sadly expected to rise. Though we may feel helpless, our first responsibility must be to pray for this poverty-stricken country. As a denomination, disaster relief efforts are already in motion, and we ask you and your church families to seriously consider making a monetary contribution to the ongoing and inevitably-increasing need that this tragedy will amass. Disaster Relief USA (DRUSA), a ministry arm of People to People Ministries, is ready to accept your donation-no matter the amount. You can send your offering in to the Conference office (your church will receive credit) or you can send directly to the IPHC Headquarters in Oklahoma City. Earmark/ memo your offering for Nepal earthquake and make sure to put the account #09055D. You can also give directly online with your credit card at: www.donations.iphc.org/projects/disaster-relief. Thank you in advance for your continual prayers and for your offerings. NCIPHC Archives & Research Department presents Saturday, May 16, 2015 | 8:30am-2:30pm Culbreth Memorial PH Church| Falcon, NC FEATURED SPEAKER: Appalachian State University PASTORS, YOUTH PASTORS, WORSHIP LEADERS, CHURCH HISTORIANS AND SCHOLARS, These lectures are for you! You are strategically poised within our local fellowships to help equip the church for the most dynamic and positive ministry experiences possible IF you are willing to learn from the lessons of success and failures that history offers us. REGISTER NOW! We are only days away. Here's what you can expect: 3 Information Packed Sessions designed to help us learn how for better or for worse, Pentecostal Youth Culture and American Pop Culture have been uniquely and intricately intertwined over the last century. 1) “The Evolution of Church Music: Singing and Worship in Twentieth Century American Congregations” 2) “‘Mostly Christian’: The Dilemma of Church Youth Programs in Post World War Two Christianity” 3) “No Grace at Graceland: Elvis Presley and the Rejection of Evangelical Christianity” This is an increasingly vital issue to consider in our churches today as we work to develop successful outreach and discipleship ministries along with meaningful worship. As a denomination and a conference, we have intensely strived from our earliest days to be as approachable and culturally relevant as possible while maintaining a holy lifestyle. We have heralded the talents of our youth and encouraged them to lead the way in ministry to the next generation. All of us have seen both positive and negative outcomes. It is the hope of the Archives Ministries Department that these lectures will better prepare us to collectively respond, relate and minister more wisely as we continue striving to do our best to remain a relatable yet “peculiar people” in this contrasting culture. REGISTRATION IS FREE AND INCLUDES CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST (7:30am) AND LUNCH, BUT SPACE IS LIMITED. REGISTER AND / OR RESERVE A ROOM THROUGH THE CONFERENCE OFFICE: 910-980-1162 | [email protected] 8-8:30am—Registration | 8:40am—Opening Comments | 9:00am—Shotgun Start Limited To First 30 Paid Teams $60 Per Person / $240 Per Team Meal Provided Prizes awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place Mulligan packages will be available Hole Sponsorship*: $100 (*For your business, church, civic organization, or in honor of or in memory of a loved one) The mission of THE ROYAL HOME is to offer birth mothers and their unborn babies the necessary support, care, & encouragement to ensure their health & to provide future opportunities to set appropriate goals and make wise decisions that will chart their “course in life.” The Royal Home ministers to clients & their families as they deal with the difficult situation of unplanned pregnancy. For registration information, contact Dennis Daniels (252-521-5241 / [email protected]) Saturday, June 6, 2015 Registration/Show & Sell-8:00am J.A. Culbreth Auditorium—Falcon, NC Ministry begins-9:00am Nursery/Childcare will be provided! Ministry begins at 9:00am with various 2015 NC Talent Quest Winners Break and opportunity to visit various ministry displays Brief Business Session (Reports/Awards/Memoirs) MEET Miss Emmanuel, Heidi Schreiber! Her journey from addiction, to deliverance & faith in Jesus Christ, to accepting the call into Christian Ministries as HIS witness is incredible! Her experiences will encourage your faith to hold on to God with a renewed zeal to see the salvation of your wayward loved ones! God’s heart still beats to seek & save those who are lost. Bring your ladies & girls of every age to share Heidi’s extraordinary testimony! Please send registration fee of postmarked by Saturday, May 23rd. Complete the form below and send it along with the registration fee to: Darnell Nelms, PO Box 145, Smyrna, NC 28579 ([email protected] or 910-918-4709) Church District Local WM Director Number Attending Address Contact No. E-mail Address We do do not wish to reserve a Show & Sell Table. Show & Sell tables are to be set up by 8:00 a.m. Table space is limited so you are encouraged to reserve your table early!! writings must be postmarked by May 30, 2015 and mailed to: Primary Week June 11-14, 2015 Grades: 1st-3rd Speaker: Reta Ewell Elementary Week June 14-18, 2015 Grades: 4th-5th Speaker: Angie Burroughs High School Week June 18-21, 2015 Grades: 8th-12th Speaker: Brad Davis Middle School Week June 21-25, 2015 Grades: 6th-7th Speaker: Kevin Lewis Registration packets and information are available for download at: iphc.org/discipleship/girls/power-chicks “Go, make disciples, baptize, and teach” new believers to obey His commands (Matthew 28:18-20). This task grows each year as the world’s population has multiplied from 2 billion to over 7 billion. This increase provides numerous opportunities for the Body of Christ to fulfill the Great Commission! THE NATIONS ARE WAITING TO HEAR THE GOSPEL PROCLAIMED, AND THE CHURCH HAS BEEN COMMISSIONED TO COMMUNICATE GOD’S MESSAGE OF HOPE BY SALVATION THROUGH CHRIST. (ACTS 1:8) The annual IPHC Global Outreach offering provides funds to assist in reaching the lost world-wide. Your financial support is crucial to both the World Missions Ministries Division and Evangelism USA, as this offering is used to fund evangelism, church planting, new laborers, pioneering and developing new works, buildings, Bible schools, training centers, National Missionaries, and so much more. As Jesus said, “The fields are ripe for harvest.” When you give to the Global Outreach offering, you make it possible to fund ministry in America (316 million) and to the almost 7 billion people living elsewhere. FULFILLING THE SPIRIT OF GENEROSITY! Our goal is for each local church to participate. We trust that each IPHC member will be moved by God’s Spirit of Generosity and purpose to give an offering each year. We emphasize a Day’s Wage challenge as an achievable goal. Remember, your money turns into ministry on the mission field. The average Day’s Wage for an American worker is $128 (based on the median income of $33,196 reported by the U.S. Census Bureau). YOU WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE! Large portions of today’s developing world only make $2.00 or less per day. There is no doubt that God blesses all His children to influence and help change the world around us, and as God’s children, we have the responsibility to share our faith and its blessings with others (Galatians 3:8-9). Blessed to be living in this prosperous nation, an American’s Day’s Wage makes a tremendous impact in developing countries! GIVE AS GOD INSPIRES! The Day’s Wage emphasis is simply a tool to assist in purposely saving your gift for Global Outreach. Hearing the Father’s heart of Generosity leads numerous people in giving even more toward the opportunities and challenges before the Church today. As God’s inspires, we hope you are encouraged to give so others may receive! PASTORS, START YOUR GLOBAL OUTREACH PROMOTION NOW! Help us achieve 100% participation! Don’t miss out on your chance to INVEST IN ETERNITY! We have promotional materials available (coin bags, bulletin inserts/brochures, videos, GO posters). Call us and we will ship your supplies today! N OR T H C A R OL I N A C O N F E R E N C E OF T H E I N T E R N A T I ON A L P E N T E C OS T A L H OL I N E S S C H U R C H Post Office Box 59 Falcon, North Carolina 28342 Prayer Corner: Mrs. Westa Barefoot Mrs. Lois Brafford Bradshaw Mrs. Edna Cordon Rev. Ralph & Mrs. Vadie Leggett Rev. Daniel Moss Rev. Jesse Parson Rev. Karen Sapp Revs. John & Edna Parker Mrs. Helen Warwick (wife of Rev. Horace Warwick) Rev. Samuel Weaver Mrs. Jean Williams New Assignments: Niagara—Michael Dye Saint Paul—Rich Denning Thompson Chapel—William Pike Open Churches: Bethel Brock’s Chapel Graham Memorial Lighthouse (f.k.a. Hamilton) Moore’s Chapel Nakina Stedman Wades Point May 1-2 Class: Spiritual Formation—Pastoral Ministry (MCP 1.07) Instructor: Rev. Jonathan Altman Texts: Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life & Study Guide LifeSprings Kit #: 2100277 & 4601407 May 1-2 Class: IPHC Articles of Faith & Government (MCP 1.02) Instructor: Bishop Jim Whitfield Texts: IPHC Manual & “Light for the Journey” LifeSprings Kit #: 4600102 We are very thankful for all of the Hispanic pastors and their wives who showed tremendous support for the "Hispanic Women’s Conference" by sending so many sisters from their congregations. It really was a tremendous blessing; more than 650 women were at the all-day conference event. Over 150 more joined them during the night closure concert. I firmly believe that they were blessed by the word exposed, the time of ministry, the fellowship and the sweet presence of the Holy Spirit. We were honored to host Ingrid Rosario as our guest speaker and singer. Ingrid is an International Worship Leader, Latin Grammy winner and a very influential artist among the Latino community. We are seeing more and more involvement and interest from our local churches and many others from different associations. I believe the Lord will continue to use this Conference to reach many more souls for Christ and to create these types of events for the nourishment and preparation of the body of Christ. Be praying with us as we prepare to carry out our annual Men’s Conference on May 63-30, and the Hispanic Youth Camp on the last weekend of June. -Fernando Angulo The Conference Office will be closed on May 25, in observance of Memorial Day.
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